Apple(US:AAPL) Huan Qiu Wang Zi Xun·2026-01-01 04:10Core Insights - Apple has deprioritized the Mac Pro, indicating that there will be no significant updates planned for 2026, effectively replacing it with the more compact Mac Studio [1] - The performance gap between Mac Studio and Mac Pro is widening, with the upcoming M5 Ultra chip exclusively for Mac Studio, leaving Mac Pro behind [4] Group 1 - Apple has internally "basically given up" on the Mac Pro product line, with no major updates expected in 2026 [1] - The Mac Studio, equipped with the M3 Ultra chip, has already surpassed the Mac Pro in performance, supporting more CPU and GPU cores, and offering a maximum storage capacity of 16TB compared to Mac Pro's 8TB [4] - Mac Studio's unified memory limit is 512GB, which is more than double that of Mac Pro's 192GB, and it can support four 8K displays versus Mac Pro's three [4] Group 2 - The Mac Pro has faced challenges in meeting professional desktop user needs, with its initial 2013 design criticized for sacrificing cooling performance, leading to its market failure [5] - The 2019 modular Mac Pro regained some trust among professional users but has since struggled with its positioning in the Apple Silicon era [5]